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October 8
An AI Tutor Is in Texas Classrooms. Engaged Doesn’t Mean Learning. AI in education An AI Tutor Is in Texas Classrooms. Engaged Doesn’t Mean Learning. Alpha School's AI tutor is now in three Texas school districts. One district says students are engaged. Engaged is not the same as learning. Here is what makes software teach,…
September 27
AI Is Coming to Class. What Does It Make Your Child Do? AI in education AI Is Coming to Class. What Does It Make Your Child Do? New Brunswick added AI to its school curriculum this fall. The debate there is about age and speed. Here is the question that matters more for your child, and three…
September 18
Teachers Rate Google’s New AI Learning Tool Highly. But Does It Teach? AI in education Teachers Rate Google’s New AI Learning Tool Highly. But Does It Teach? Google's new AI lets teachers spin up polished STEM simulations in seconds, and expert raters love them. Here is the catch the headlines skip: a high quality rating measures how…
September 15
An AI Made Students Think Harder? Check Who Did the Scoring. AI in education An AI Made Students Think Harder? Check Who Did the Scoring. A Utah district says its AI chatbot raised students' critical thinking by 28 percent. But the vendor wrote and scored the study on its own product, with no control group.…
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September 14
Nonprofit Tested 20 AI Learning Tools. None Was Ready to Teach. AI in education Nonprofit Tested 20 AI Learning Tools. None Was Ready to Teach. A US nonprofit spent a year watching AI tools in real classrooms. Its verdict: none was ready to teach a child on its own, and the chatbots carried the most…
September 13
A New AI Standard Vets School Software for Privacy, Not Learning AI in education A New AI Standard Vets School Software for Privacy, Not Learning Microsoft, the AFT and UFT have set a national privacy standard for classroom AI, and the coverage reads it as reassurance. But a data contract and a teaching tool answer… Schools Get an AI Privacy Deal, Not Proof It Teaches AI in education Schools Get an AI Privacy Deal, Not Proof It Teaches Teachers' unions and Microsoft signed schools an iron-clad AI privacy standard, and the protections are real. But read the whole thing and you will not find one line about whether…
September 9
Florida’s Proposed Classroom AI Opt-Out Isn’t the Real Question AI in education Florida’s Proposed Classroom AI Opt-Out Isn’t the Real Question Florida is about to vote on rules that would let parents opt their child out of classroom AI, with notice, a non-AI alternative, and extra review for the youngest students.… Your District Is Going ‘AI-Powered.’ Ask What Actually Teaches AI in education Your District Is Going ‘AI-Powered.’ Ask What Actually Teaches Broward County branded its schools 'AI-powered' this year, and districts everywhere are following. It sounds like progress. But whether a tool teaches your child was never about its AI label,… A Learning App Says It “Diagnoses” Your Child. Does It Teach? AI in education A Learning App Says It “Diagnoses” Your Child. Does It Teach? A Saudi startup raised millions for AI exam-prep that promises to “diagnose” your child’s learning gaps. But decades of research point to an uncomfortable truth: what makes any app teach…